Thursday, May 31, 2012

Sign-Up Begins Friday, June 1st

The first 300 children and young adults to

sign-up will recieve a FREE BOOK sponsored by the Literacy Action Center!

Calling
all Readers & Dreamers! This summer’s reading program themes are “Dream
Big-Read!” for children, and our Young Adult theme is “Own the Night”. You can
explore the wonders of the night and dreams of all kinds through our programs,
crafts, stories, and lots of books! The main
goal of our summer reading program is to keep school-aged children reading
throughout the summer, plus have a lot of fun along the way! The Hibbing Public
Library can be your big ticket to one of your BIGGEST DREAMS! See you all this summer!

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

The library will kick off the summer with a special program by CLIMB Theater. On Monday, June 4th at 3:30 p.m. join us for "The Tortoise and Hare".

"Slow Sal had a BIG DREAM. She wanted to beat Speedy theHare in a race. It was the only way she’d ever get him to stophis constant, hurtful teasing. But, how could she win? She wasjust plain slow. No matter how hard she wished or trained,she was still slow. Then it came to her. Instead of worryingabout what she wasn’t, she would build on what she was.Slow Sal was steady. She was focused and she wasdetermined. If she just kept putting one foot in front of theother; If she didn’t stop for anything and never lost sight of herBIG DREAM, maybe then she could win. And, of course, shedid!"

Remember to stop by the front desk and sign up for the "Dream Big! Read!" reading program and pick up a flyer describing all of the summer's great programs.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Quinn Colson, former Army Ranger back from Afghanistan, and
newly elected sheriff on Tibbehah County, doesn’t waste any time going up against
a Mexican cartel running guns, a corrupt city father, Johnny Stagg, and an
illegal adoption ring.

Colson, young in years, nevertheless, is able to run a nine
man department with many county miles to cover, while succeeding the previous
sheriff who just happened to be Colson’s uncle. Colson, now living at his uncle’s
old farmhouse with the dog Hondo, returns to his family and friends to start a
new chapter in his life.

Lillie Virgil, the only holdover from the previous regime of
slackers and crooked deputies, steers him through the murky waters of county
politics while watching his back as the chief deputy for Tibbehah County.

When the doctor husband of Colson’s previous girlfriend stops
by to give him a heads up on Janet Torres, a former daycare provider, who
brought in a 3 year old child with too injuries to attribute from falling out
of a shopping cart, Colson investigates. The farmhouse is deserted with
thirteen empty cribs and many cages of sick and dying dogs. Torres, on the run,
was operating a puppy mill and supposedly a daycare out of her home. At the
same time, the ATF sends a representative to meet with Colson investigating Donnie
Varner, discharged and also back from Afghanistan. Varner brought back guns he
liberated from the U. S. Army hoping to sell to a Mexican cartel. Soon the two
cases merge when Colson finds out Torres’s boyfriend has ties to the cartel.

Second in the Quinn Colson series, we see plenty of action and
eagerly wait for the next book featuring the former Army Ranger, now sheriff in
the wilds of Tibbehah country, Mississippi.

First Line: "By the time Jazz got to the field outside town, yellow police tape was everywhere, strung from stake to stake in a sort of drunken, off-kilter hexagon."

Jazz was very familiar with crime scenes because his father was a serial killer who was responsible for a killing spree which lastest twenty-one years until his capture by a local cop in the small town of Lobo's Nod. This book can be found in our Young Adult new book section under Young Adult LYGA.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Be crafty and sew vintage style accessories with buttons, ribbon, and scarves. Make brooches, aprons, belts and necklaces with the new book, Chic on a Shoestring by Mary Jane Baxter shelved in the new book section under 646.3 BAXTE.

Tuesday, May 08, 2012

Andy Barber is the assistant district attorney working on the murder case of 14 year old Ben Ripkin, a fellow classmate of his son Jacob, who was found stabbed in the woods. Andy is taken off the case when evidence points to his son Jacob and he is arrested and charged with murder. Did Jacob kill his classmate? If not him, then who did? Jacob could be a killer that the jury sets free, or he could be an innocent boy, about to be sent to prison for life. This is a suspenseful legal thriller where family loyalty and parental love is put to the test. You see the unraveling of a family. It confronts community, adolescence, the impact of the internet and social media, and the possibility of genetic inherited behavior. It draws you in and is hard to put down with twists and turns that take you by surprise right up to the end.

Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree couldn't be more excited about their upcoming dance show. After all, it's all about mermainds-and who knows how to be fancy, glamorous mermaid better than Fancy Nancy herself!

By Kate Feiffer

Day is done. The house is quiet. The sun is setting. Everyone is ready for bed. Except the baby, who has only one thing to say: NO GO SLEEP!

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By Amy Krouse Rosenthal

One small act of love blooms into something bigger and more dazzling than Little Miss could have ever imagined in this epic journey about life, kindness, and giving.

By Jane Clarke

Elegant and swellegant, hilarious and hysterical:Come one, come all to the show that's cooler than the Ice Age, and wackier and wilder than any dance competition on TV. It's Dancing With The Dinosaurs-and the awsome, clawsome contestants are ready to party!

Thursday, May 03, 2012

Joy Bauer says, "The Joy Fit Club represents a transformation in the way people view losing weight. The dieters I work with are turned off by the idea of potentially risky surgery, and they've usually tried every quick fix in the book and don't want to fail again. They actually summon up the nerve to stare down the $60 billion weight loss industry, with its potions, pills and surgery, and say, 'Thanks, but no thanks. I'll do it my way.' The good news is that realistic and balanced eating and exercise plans work(now and for the long haul) if you have the right strategies and the core motivation."